On behalf of a private equity fund, we conducted a commercial and technical due diligence in order to assess the opportunity of bidding for an integrated fixed and mobile player operating in several markets.
Two telecom operators worked together to develop a content distribution portal. A third operator, shareholder of one of these two operators and the competitor of the other operator on its domestic market, decided that the business carried out with one of its rivals was detrimental.
Our client, a railway company, was under the obligation to transfer their high voltage equipment to the public electricity transmission system operator. A dispute had taken place since 2004 between the two parties on the economic valuation of the equipment to be transferred.
In the context of FTTH deployments in France, a major telecom operator contended that the planned regulatory policy which promoted competition in infrastructure was very inefficient from an economic point of view.
In the context of regulating the postal sector (price cap and the cost of Universal Service), the national regulatory authority (ARCEP) wanted to have a cost model of the postal delivery activity in France.
A global leader in consumer products wished to transfer a basket of intangible assets (brand names) of great value to another subsidiary of the group, and then set up a usage fee system for the use of these brand names.
A European MNO filed a complaint with the Competition Authority about the exclusive distribution of a premium brand of smartphones to another MNO in the same domestic market, contesting that this constitutes an unjustified vertical restraint.
TERA Consultants acted as an advisor to a pay-TV platform during its takeover by a rival. The takeover raised significant competition concerns in that it created monopolistic positions (e.g. the right to broadcast football matches).
TERA, international consulting and economic expertise firm founded in 1995, works in the fields of sector regulation, competition, litigation and damage assessment.
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